the little spin we put on it was that we would create our
lists in secret, without telling the other person, & then
we would reveal our lists to each other & see if we
had any matching. totally sneaky.
& believe it or not, our lists had some
of the same books! it was all almost
borderline maudlin in its husband & wife cuteness.

ben's top 5 favorite books,in no particular order:

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Goethe's FaustCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

&, because he had such a hard time
choosing just five, there was a sixth:

Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
(husband told me what this one was about
& at first i wasn't sold. but i'm intrigued
enough that i want to read it,when i have the chance.)

not bad husband, not bad, am i right, fellow readers?

& then there was my list.

shayla's top 5 favorite books,in no particular order:

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayEast of Eden by John SteinbeckCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
(i don't know what it is about this book,
but it just gets me every time)

&, because i had such a hard time
choosing just five, there was a sixth...
& seventh, eighth, & ninth:

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

so a couple of the same books on our
lists, right? apparently we both love us
some heavy russian
literature & that book based on
the movie with james dean...or was
it the other way around...? :)

buuut seriously, folks, i would heartily,
nay, zealously recommend any of
the books on either one of these lists.
you'll find it is completely worth
the time you put into it.

speaking of books, though,
if you have the time,
scroll through this website
(just watch your footing with the
language, sometimes, unfortunately).